Yuliya Lyovochkina

Yuliya Volodymyrivna Lyovochkina (Ukrainian: Юлія Володимирівна Льовочкіна; born 17 February 1977) is a Ukrainian politician who was a People's Deputy, having served in the Verkhovna Rada from 2007 to 2022. Formerly a member of the Party of Regions, Opposition Bloc, and Opposition Platform — For Life, she is a member of Platform for Life and Peace.

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming conventions, the patronymic is Volodymyrivna and the family name is Lyovochkina.

Yuliya Lyovochkina
Юлія Льовочкіна
People's Deputy of Ukraine
In office
23 November 2007 – 1 December 2022
Personal details
Born (1977-02-17) 17 February 1977
Kyiv, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union (now Kyiv, Ukraine)
Political partyPlatform for Life and Peace
Other political
affiliations
Alma mater

Early life and career

Lyovochkina was born on 17 February 1977, the daughter of Volodymyr Lyovochkin and sister of Serhiy Lyovochkin.[1][2] She graduated from the Faculty of Law of Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv in 1999. A year later, she graduated from the University of Manitoba with a degree in economics. From 2001 to 2007, she worked as an analyst in the banking sector. She also chaired the supervisory board of one of the regional food conglomerates.[2]

Political career

In 2007, Lyovochkina was placed on the 105th place on the national list of the Party of Regions, then she obtained a parliamentary mandate. In 2012, she successfully ran for re-election in the single-seat constituency of the Autonomous Republic of Crimea. In April 2014, she left the PR faction, and in September of that year joined the Opposition Bloc,[2] a party of Euromaidan opponents, which was initiated by her brother. On behalf of this party, in October 2014 she was elected to the Verkhovna Rada for the third time in a row.[3] She was also elected to parliament in 2019, this time representing the Opposition Platform – For Life.[4] On 30 November 2022, she resigned from her mandate.[5] Her resignation was accepted the following day.[6]

Personal life

Lyovochkina was married to Arseniy Novikov with whom she has a son and a daughter from her first marriage.[2] On 10 June 2014, she gave birth to her second daughter from Andriy Vinhranovskyi.[7] On 7 April 2016, she gave birth to twin sons.[8]

References
  1. "Как живется «папиным дочкам»-Комментарии". Archived from the original on 8 July 2013. Retrieved 30 August 2013.
  2. "Левочкина Юлия Владимировна". liga.net (in Russian). Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  3. "Serwis CVK – Wybory 2014" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  4. "Serwis CVK – Wybory 2019" (in Ukrainian). Retrieved 24 July 2019.
  5. "Нардеп від ОПЗЖ Льовочкіна написала заяву про складання мандату". rbc.ua (in Ukrainian). 30 November 2022. Retrieved 30 December 2022.
  6. "Верховна Рада підтримала припинення повноважень Льовочкіної". Радіо Свобода (in Ukrainian). 1 December 2022. Retrieved 13 December 2022.
  7. "Нардеп Лёвочкина стала мамой". Archived from the original on 11 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
  8. "Юлия Левочкина родила двойню". segodnya.ua. 7 April 2016. Archived from the original on 10 April 2016. Retrieved 11 April 2016.
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